from Paul Friesen of the Winnipeg Sun,

After all, nothing reveals character like playoff adversity.

Has anything changed from a year ago, when in this same scenario the Jets folded like a lawn chair against Vegas?

That was enough to leave a couple thousand empty seats most games.

This team was different, we’ve been told. Not fractured. More committed.

Is this new-found team unity strong enough to produce their best game of the playoffs – or was it just lip service?

Players facing elimination will always say the right things.

Rick Bowness has no doubt heard more of the backs-to-the-wall cliches than most of us.

“We can all say all the words in the world and say all the right things … tell you everything you want to hear,” the coach said on Monday. “But everything will be decided on what our eyes tell us. Not our ears.”

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